Agricultural tool.



PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905,

G. H. STRUEBE. AGRICULTURAL TOOL. ABPLIOATIQN FILED SEPT. 10, 1904.

Patented January 17,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CARL H. STRUEBE, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

YAGRIQICULTURYAL TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 780,453, dated January17, 1905.

Application filed September 10, 1904- Serial No. 223,999. 7

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL H. STRUEBE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, havemade a certain new and useful Invention in Agricultural Tools; and Ideclare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification. V

Figure l is a perspective view of the tool, Fig. 2 is a partialsectional view showing an edge View of the blade. Fig. 3 is a top viewof the blade. 7

The invention relates to agricultural tools; and it consists in thenovel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.The object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient toolwhich is much lighter than a hoe or spade and is operated in a differentmanner and with. great ease in diflicult Work, and especially in Weedingin the garden and field.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates the blade of the tool, and b the handle. The main portion ofthe blade is straight and about four inches long, more or less, andabout an inch wide for the most convenient size. It is bent flatwise atm to provide a tang or holding portion 0, Which is inclined at an angleof about one hundred and twenty degrees to the plane of the blade and isdesigned to be secured to the handle by means of a collar or ferrule, soasto project axially from the end thereof, as indicated at d. When thussecured, the tang or root portion of the blade projects axially from theend of the handle and the main portion of the blade sets forward at ahigh angle to the end thereof, as hereinbefore indicated, and theangular bend where the root portion joins the main portion in flatwiseof the blade, or so that the plane of the blade cuts the radial plane ofthe handle passing through it at a right angle, or nearly so. The bladehas two lateral edges and a point portion. The edges extend in parallelfashion along the root portion and main portion to the point portion,and While one of the edges, 6, is sharp the other edge, f, is dull andforms the back of the blade. One of these parallel edges is usuallyrounded in convex form at the point portion to the extremity or point g,this convex edge 71, extending nearly the breadth of the blade andmeeting at the point g the oblique end 70 of the other edge in such wiseas to form a strong point having the character of a right angle, so thatit is not apt to be injured by rough usage in the soil. The angularflatwise relation of the main portion of the blade to the axisof thehandle facilitates its use not onlylaterally in a mowing fashion, theblade being held in a manner parallel to the ground, but also verticallyin a digging way, wherein it also has a tendency to worklaterallythrough the automatic wedging action of its point and back edge. Theblade can also be worked at an angle to cut obliquelydownward orobliquely upward, and is therefore designed to serve most usefulpurposes in cutting out Weeds and Weed-roots and in garden-work,especially in confined places and between delicate plants. The radialand oblique position of the blade with reference to the end of thehandle is such as to cause the blade when rotated or moved laterally,with a swinging action to move in a conical path, which is forward oraway from the operator, whereby the soil and weeds are thrown aside andaway from the operator, so that his feet. are not soiled and he has aclear weeding-space. The extension of the cutting edge at the bend ofthe blade from the main portion along the root portion to the handle endprovides a cutting angle or bend which materially facilitates the use ofthe tool.

Having described the invention, What I claim, and desireto secure byLetters Patent,

its edge, and a back edge meeting said rounded 1 edge in a strong point,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL H. STRUEBE. Witnesses:

O. E. BOUTON, CHARLES DICK.

